Programme of Second Soirée at St. Martin’s Hall, Long Acre

Source: Minutes of the General Council of the International Workingmen’s Association, 1864-1886, Progress Publishers, 1964, printed according to the leaflet;Written: in September 1865;First Published: as a leaflet In London in September 1865;Transcribed: for marxists.org by Andy Blunden.

Central Council: — 18, Greek Street, London, W.

On the 28th September, 1865,

To celebrate the foundation of the Association; to welcome the Continental delegates; and to congratulate the people of America on the abolition of slavery, and the triumph of the Republic.

Tea on the table at half past seven.
During the tea the band of the Italian Working Men’s Association will perform the following selections:
1st. — Kossuth March.
2nd. — Capriccio per Cornets and Euphonium
3rd. — Guards Valse by Signor Mora.

At half past 8 Citizen Odger, President of the Central Council, will take the chair and open the proceedings; after which an address to the People of America will be proposed by Citizens Cremer and Jones.

Address in French, by Citizen Tolain, delegate from Paris.

Address in German, by Citizen Becker, delegate from the German Association.

Address by Citizen Dupleix, delegate from Switzerland. Address by Citizen Paepe, delegate from Belgium. Address by Citizen Bobczynski, delegate from the Polish Association. The German Chorus will sing:

The Watch on the Rhine — by Schmitz.
W. A. B. C. — by Carl Wollner.
The Cross on the Brook — by Wrentyer.
The Marseillaise — by Rouget de Lisle.
Reading by Citizen Odger (Honesty) — by Eliza Cook.